COMMENTARY
Many of the best basketball players in the world are notoriously nearly as good at manufacturing disrespect and turning it into motivation as they are at their craft itself, and on both fronts, Jaylen Brown has proven that he is as good as it gets.
Last week, Brown was denied the Player of the Month award for the month of December. The fact that Jalen Brunson averaged nearly as many points—and won the NBA Cup’s MVP award in December, which almost certainly was the reason that cemented his selection—was of little consequence to the Celtics star, who used Saturday’s game against the Clippers as a stage to perform his displeasure, and his well-earned postgame platform subsequently as an opportunity to voice it.